We are pleased to confirm that the oral defence for Antoine Fournier (M.A. in DVM) will take place on :

“Vulnerability and Livelihood Influences of Urban Agriculture and Agricultural Value Chains in Lebanon”

 We are pleased to confirm that the oral defence for Begench Yazlyyev (Ph.D in DVM) will take place on :

Thesis title :

“Analysis of development aid management in Kyrgyzstan and  Turkmenistan: Understanding donor-recipient relations in comparative perspective.”

Dr. Saeed Parto, the Research Director of Afghanistan Public Policy Research Organization, is visiting Ottawa.

The School of International Development and Global Studies has arranged a meeting with him to provide an opportunity to those interested in exploring issues related to public policies in fragile and conflict affected countries with an expert from a country steeped in intense conflict for 40 years. 

The meeting will be informal, in a conversational style, with Q&As, discussions, comments etc. It will be an interesting afternoon.

The School of International Development and Global Studies

presents as part of the Brown Bag series:

“Environmental change, vulnerability and migration: A study of coastal fisheries-based households in Bangladesh”

Iftekhar Haque, PhD candidate

“They keep giving us chickens: Community perspectives of gender equality and development aid in northern Sri Lanka”

Bon sur le papier, mais dans la pratique ? Identité professionnelle des enseignants en formation sur le plan de l’équité
(Presentation en anglais)

Good on paper but what about in practice? Preservice teachers’ professional identity for equity

This seminar examines preservice teachers’ identity development in a program specifically developed to prepare teachers to work with four priority learner groups. Study findings suggest preservice teachers’ limited critical action towards challenging social and educational inequities signalling for deeper analysis of how equity is framed within national education policy and practice.

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CELADA Presents :

Governance of African Land Rights, and Implications for Women

The Coalition for Equitable Land Acquisitions and Development in Africa (CELADA) invites students, faculty, and policy makers to explore the potentialfor Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy to strengthen African women’s access and rights to land.

A panel discussion moderated by Christopher Huggins, uOttawa (SIDGS) will feature:

“Innovation in Teaching in DVM”

An interactive brainstorming session on innovative strategies to think of new ways to envision DVM undergraduate courses, and to build linkages throughout and across current and future courses.

The results of recent student focus group research sessions and analysis of the current DVM undergraduate program will also be shared.

Rebecca Tiessen, Full Professor and Associate Director (SIDGS)